calsfoundation@cals.org
June 23, 2010
Batesville (Independence County) native and champion NASCAR driver Mark Martin began his career on a dirt track near Batesville in 1974 at the age of fifteen. With forty wins, he is eighteenth on the all-time NASCAR win list and has finished in the top ten 410 times in his career. In 2006, he opened a car dealership in his hometown, complete with a museum exhibiting his racing cars and memorabilia.